Plant Poisoning

Poisoning by the ingestion of plants or its leaves, berries, roots or stalks. The manifestations in both humans and animals vary in severity from mild to life threatening. In animals, especially domestic animals, it is usually the result of ingesting moldy or fermented forage.

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Networked: 18 relevant articles (1 outcomes, 1 trials/studies)

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Poisoning
2.	Wounds and Injuries (Trauma)
3.	Spinal Cord Diseases
4.	Paresis (Hemiparesis)
5.	Pain (Aches)

Experts

1.	Eddleston, Michael: 2 articles (05/2013 - 01/2003)
2.	Glatstein, Miguel Marcelo: 1 article (09/2012)
3.	Garcia-Bournissen, Facundo: 1 article (09/2012)
4.	Alabdulrazzaq, Fatoumah: 1 article (09/2012)
5.	Scolnik, Dennis: 1 article (09/2012)
6.	Diaz, James H: 1 article (07/2012)
7.	Wu, Kevin Chien-Chang: 1 article (04/2012)
8.	Yip, Paul S F: 1 article (04/2012)
9.	Chen, Ying-Yeh: 1 article (04/2012)
10.	Rosso, Ana Maria: 1 article (01/2012)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Plant Poisoning:

1.	Digoxin (Digitek)FDA LinkGeneric 10/01/1991 - "The potential application of the Digoxin Fab antibody (Wellcome Digibind) in the clinical management of plant poisoning was investigated. " 05/01/2013 - "Studies have looked at the effectiveness of anti-digoxin Fab in cardiac glycoside plant poisoning, multiple dose activated charcoal in all poisoning, and pralidoxime in moderate toxicity organophosphorus insecticide poisoning. " 01/01/2003 - "Antitoxins developed against colchicine and cardiac glycosides would be useful for plant poisonings--anti-digoxin Fab fragments have been shown to be highly effective in T. "
2.	Cardiac GlycosidesIBA 01/01/2011 - "Plant poisonings: common plants that contain cardiac glycosides." 01/01/2003 - "Antitoxins developed against colchicine and cardiac glycosides would be useful for plant poisonings--anti-digoxin Fab fragments have been shown to be highly effective in T. "
3.	Immunoglobulin Fab FragmentsIBA 01/01/2003 - "Antitoxins developed against colchicine and cardiac glycosides would be useful for plant poisonings--anti-digoxin Fab fragments have been shown to be highly effective in T. "
4.	ColchicineFDA LinkGeneric 01/01/2003 - "Antitoxins developed against colchicine and cardiac glycosides would be useful for plant poisonings--anti-digoxin Fab fragments have been shown to be highly effective in T. "
5.	AntitoxinsIBA 01/01/2003 - "Therapy for some other plant poisonings might also benefit from the development of antitoxins. " 01/01/2003 - "Antitoxins developed against colchicine and cardiac glycosides would be useful for plant poisonings--anti-digoxin Fab fragments have been shown to be highly effective in T. "
6.	Charcoal (Charbon)IBA 03/01/1996 - "5. It appears that almost all plant poisonings could be treated with medical charcoal. " 04/01/2012 - "Charcoal burning, pesticide poisoning, native plant poisoning, self-immolation, and jumping are all prominent examples. " 05/01/2013 - "Studies have looked at the effectiveness of anti-digoxin Fab in cardiac glycoside plant poisoning, multiple dose activated charcoal in all poisoning, and pralidoxime in moderate toxicity organophosphorus insecticide poisoning. "
7.	pralidoxime (Protopam Chloride)FDA Link 05/01/2013 - "Studies have looked at the effectiveness of anti-digoxin Fab in cardiac glycoside plant poisoning, multiple dose activated charcoal in all poisoning, and pralidoxime in moderate toxicity organophosphorus insecticide poisoning. "
8.	Fluconazole (Zonal)FDA LinkGeneric 03/01/1983 - "The significance of zonal necrosis and factors that may have a bearing on their production in different hepatotoxic plant poisoning in sheep and cattle in South Africa are discussed."
9.	VaccinesIBA 01/01/2005 - "Peptide mimotopes of plant-associated toxins offer the potential for improving analytical and diagnostic methodologies as well as providing candidates for potential protective vaccines against plant poisoning diseases. "
10.	PoisonsIBA 07/01/2005 - "This problem is discussed here, and advice for the prevention of plant poisonings and generally dealing with patients intoxicated by herbal poisons is given."

Therapies and Procedures

1.	First Aid (Aids, First) 06/01/1981 - "[Plant poisoning - first aid and treatment]."
2.	Canes (Cane) 03/01/1996 - "3. The most frequent plant poisonings involved lily-of-the-valley, dumb cane and cotoneaster plant. "